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| Record Creator: | Hill, Benjamin Franklin |
| Title: | Benjamin Franklin Hill Papers |
| Date Span: | 1939-1946 |
| Abstract: | Benjamin Franklin Hill (1872-1959), American Minister, was an ordained clergy member of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church, who served in a number of churches in the Southern United States, Canada, and California. He taught for ten years before becoming an ordained minister in the West Virginia Conference. Part of his ministry was to the Pottowattomi Tribe in Kansas and the Osage and Cherokee Tribes in Oklahoma where he built schools and churches. The collection contains sixteen volumes of Hill's philosophy of government during the mid-twentieth century. The manuscripts reflect a populous view of government in light of the Bible and Christian theology. Also included are photocopies of his credentials and newspaper clippings celebrating his sixty-fifth and seventy-first wedding anniversaries. |
| Extent: | 0.90 cubic feet |
| Identification: | gcah.ms.gcah3981 |
Benjamin Franklin Hill (1872-1959), American Minister, was an ordained clergy member of both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church, who served in a number of churches in the Southern United States, Canada, and California. Hill was born in West Virginia, possibly in Nicholas County, which was where he met his future wife, Georgia Moffeit Summers. He taught for ten years before becoming an ordained minister in the West Virginia Conference. Hill also authored various newspaper articles and a book entitled, "Morning Star" which was a paraphrase of the Bible. Part of his ministry was to the Pottowattomi Tribe in Kansas and the Osage and Cherokee Tribes in Oklahoma where he built schools and churches. Hill homesteaded in Canada and struck oil in Texas. He finally retired to California after thirty-three years of service to the church.
The collection contains sixteen volumes of Hill's philosophy of government during the mid-twentieth century. The manuscripts reflect a populous view of government in light of the Bible and Christian theology. Also included are photocopies of his credentials and newspaper clippings celebrating his sixty-fifth and seventy-first wedding anniversaries.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
The records are arranged by original order.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Benjamin Franklin Hill Papers, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1588-2-5: 1 | Certificates and Clippings | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 2 | Volume I Luke | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 3 | Volume II Mark | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 4 | Volume III Matthew | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 5 | Volume IV John | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 6 | Volume V Acts of the Apostles | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 7 | Volume VI Revelations | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 8 | Volume VII Paul's Epistles | Undated |
| 1588-2-5: 9 | Volume VIII Twelve Guiding Principles | Undated |
| 1588-3-1: 1 | Volume IX Constitutional Principles | Undated |
| 1588-3-1: 2 | Volume X Genesis | Undated |
| 1588-3-1: 3 | Volume XI Active Democracy | Undated |
| 1588-3-1: 4 | Volume XII The Twelve Guiding Principles | Undated |
| 1588-3-1: 5 | Volume XIII Constitutional Principles | Undated |
| 1588-3-2: 1 | Volume XIV Church and State Sects | Undated |
| 1588-3-2: 2 | Volume XV Church Families | Undated |
| 1588-3-2: 3 | Volume XVI The Constitution | Undated |
